Comments on: Sand Flea Bites http://www.mybugbites.com/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/ A Bug Bites Discussion Blog - Everything from Flea Bites to Bed Bugs and Insect Bites Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:25:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: kevin http://www.mybugbites.com/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-292 kevin Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:25:21 +0000 http://www.eastvillagepodcasts.com/2006/06/13/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-292 No this is not sand flea. Buy a fly trap put it in kitchen near sink. In two days if u get them they look like fruit flys but there not they really look like tiny bees yellow and black strips. I had the samee problem as u. Then I did this and no more bites Do not pick them it take to long to heal after u get them all ur skin starts to heal. The reason this happpens is because u have all the bugs on fly trap an no more posion can get under skin. The iche oatmeal and warm water as a paste put on infected skin . Your welcome to spend all your money on drugs from drug store oor you can do it my way What gets me is oout of all the medical help I had not one doctor picked up oonnn the new bug to Canada I found it firstbefore health Canada No this is not sand flea. Buy a fly trap put it in kitchen near sink. In two days if u get them they look like fruit flys but there not they really look like tiny bees yellow and black strips. I had the samee problem as u. Then I did this and no more bites Do not pick them it take to long to heal after u get them all ur skin starts to heal. The reason this happpens is because u have all the bugs on fly trap an no more posion can get under skin. The iche oatmeal and warm water as a paste put on infected skin . Your welcome to spend all your money on drugs from drug store oor you can do it my way What gets me is oout of all the medical help I had not one doctor picked up oonnn the new bug to Canada I found it firstbefore health Canada

]]> By: Gay http://www.mybugbites.com/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-290 Gay Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:02:55 +0000 http://www.eastvillagepodcasts.com/2006/06/13/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-290 Just got back from Sanibel Florida. Got lots of bites which are multiplying. I can't stand the itching. Was on the beach, and sat in some shells, also out on the beach at night. Will never do that again. I am trying hydrogen peroxide and calomine. May also try the apple cider vinegar for the itching. I also have been taking benadryl which helps a little, I can tell when it wears off. I have been scratiching because I can't stand the itching, some spots have gotten a black spot in the middle, and seem to be filled with fluid. Ick..... Just got back from Sanibel Florida.
Got lots of bites which are multiplying.
I can’t stand the itching.
Was on the beach, and sat in some shells, also
out on the beach at night.
Will never do that again.
I am trying hydrogen peroxide and calomine.
May also try the apple cider vinegar for the itching. I also have been taking benadryl which helps a little, I can tell when it wears off. I have been scratiching because I can’t stand the itching, some spots have gotten a black spot in the middle, and seem to be filled with fluid. Ick…..

]]> By: timbo http://www.mybugbites.com/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-288 timbo Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:30:30 +0000 http://www.eastvillagepodcasts.com/2006/06/13/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-288 i went to puerto rico and the SAME thing happened in the evening! red spots are so bad and spreading..ouch i went to puerto rico and the SAME thing happened in the evening!
red spots are so bad and spreading..ouch

]]> By: Michael http://www.mybugbites.com/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-287 Michael Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:23:09 +0000 http://www.eastvillagepodcasts.com/2006/06/13/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-287 Good grief, people. Have you never been bitten by bed bugs!? Flea bites suck and itch, but come on, a mosquito bite is more itchy than a bed bug bite? Unbelievable. Just unbelievable. Good grief, people.

Have you never been bitten by bed bugs!? Flea bites suck and itch, but come on, a mosquito bite is more itchy than a bed bug bite? Unbelievable. Just unbelievable.

]]> By: praying for a mirical http://www.mybugbites.com/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-286 praying for a mirical Mon, 19 Sep 2011 06:38:36 +0000 http://www.eastvillagepodcasts.com/2006/06/13/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-286 I went to the Virgin Islands and I was attacked by Sand fleas.. Worst experience in my life. It's like I woke up in a Nightmare. It itches like crazy I literally have 100 bite marks on each leg. I am seriously sad. I hope it doesn't leave scars . I been itching like crazy. I can't talk 2 people because I am highly irritated. My life is on pause at the moment.. Any of you have scars from this? Im very traumatized. Im scared of the beach and I will never get a pet. I bought Cortizone, Aloe Burn Relief spray, Tea Tree oil, Vitamin E externally and internally, Garlic pills so they can stop sucking my blood, and coco butter... I bomb my place twice stayed in a hotel for a week. Now im calling the exterminator and getting my carpet and furniture steam cleaned.. Then im going to the doctor. I know it sounds like im exaggerating but this is very serious. A nightmare =( Im just happy summers over because im pants bound for a life time.. I need 2 see a therapist. I wish I could find all of them and put then in a bag and watch them lil invisible bastards burn to death.. God please help me.. I went to the Virgin Islands and I was attacked by Sand fleas.. Worst experience in my life. It’s like I woke up in a Nightmare. It itches like crazy I literally have 100 bite marks on each leg. I am seriously sad. I hope it doesn’t leave scars . I been itching like crazy. I can’t talk 2 people because I am highly irritated. My life is on pause at the moment.. Any of you have scars from this? Im very traumatized. Im scared of the beach and I will never get a pet. I bought Cortizone, Aloe Burn Relief spray, Tea Tree oil, Vitamin E externally and internally, Garlic pills so they can stop sucking my blood, and coco butter… I bomb my place twice stayed in a hotel for a week. Now im calling the exterminator and getting my carpet and furniture steam cleaned.. Then im going to the doctor. I know it sounds like im exaggerating but this is very serious. A nightmare =( Im just happy summers over because im pants bound for a life time.. I need 2 see a therapist. I wish I could find all of them and put then in a bag and watch them lil invisible bastards burn to death.. God please help me..

]]> By: Matt http://www.mybugbites.com/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-285 Matt Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:01:37 +0000 http://www.eastvillagepodcasts.com/2006/06/13/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-285 They are NOT called sand fleas. You are all talking about Nosiums. Sand fleas live under the sand at the edge of the water, and they do not bite at all. They are NOT called sand fleas. You are all talking about Nosiums. Sand fleas live under the sand at the edge of the water, and they do not bite at all.

]]> By: John T J http://www.mybugbites.com/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-284 John T J Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:22:23 +0000 http://www.eastvillagepodcasts.com/2006/06/13/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-284 THANKS to this blog! Took three days and I tried just about everything, but I barely feel them now and slept a full night. BACKGROUND We watched the sun come up next to dunes in Surfside (near Galveston, TX). Tiny black bugs kept biting but we ignored them. She had moquito-bite looking swells later but they went away. Mine showed up Monday afternoon and I was crazy with the bites. Couldn't think, work, barely could drive! MONDAY night I tried 1% cortizone cream, but no result after an hour. I applied Neem Oil (non-toxic concentration similar to pyrethrins mentioned below) for two hours (stinks!), washed with soap, washed with vinegar, then alcohol. I passed out and slept until 3:30 am totally itching again. But, I was good with that being long-term relief at that point! TUESDAY morning, totally itching and out of my mind at 4 am, I started with the steaming towels. Using a tea kettle, I didn't burn my hands much, but each test to see if the towel was cool enough to apply usually gave me a quick short burn. As hot as I could take it. Below is recommended q-tips - I preferred being able to wrap my feet and ankles and get a bunch of spots at once. Then an alcohol wash. Then covered all with finger nail polish. Skipped work and did that 3 or 4 times that day. WEDNESDAY upgraded my alcohol to Everclear (95%). Routine turned into this: peel off polish, wash with alcohol, apply hot steaming towel, then apply new polish. Wednesday night I slept through the night. THURSDAY I peeled the polish off and only treated the three areas that still itched. Made it through work and no more treatments. FRIDAY today I can still feel a few spots but they don't really itch. No treatment! Thanks!!!! And I sure hope this helps someone else. This is just like chiggers - maddening - but ten times as many bites at least! Ten times everything - crazy! I thought it was important to try to kill the bugs in the skin so I kept using alcohol which really only gives a little relief. No proof that it helped, but hey I'm cured in three days! THANKS to this blog! Took three days and I tried just about everything, but I barely feel them now and slept a full night.

BACKGROUND We watched the sun come up next to dunes in Surfside (near Galveston, TX). Tiny black bugs kept biting but we ignored them. She had moquito-bite looking swells later but they went away. Mine showed up Monday afternoon and I was crazy with the bites. Couldn’t think, work, barely could drive!

MONDAY night I tried 1% cortizone cream, but no result after an hour. I applied Neem Oil (non-toxic concentration similar to pyrethrins mentioned below) for two hours (stinks!), washed with soap, washed with vinegar, then alcohol. I passed out and slept until 3:30 am totally itching again. But, I was good with that being long-term relief at that point!

TUESDAY morning, totally itching and out of my mind at 4 am, I started with the steaming towels. Using a tea kettle, I didn’t burn my hands much, but each test to see if the towel was cool enough to apply usually gave me a quick short burn. As hot as I could take it. Below is recommended q-tips – I preferred being able to wrap my feet and ankles and get a bunch of spots at once. Then an alcohol wash. Then covered all with finger nail polish. Skipped work and did that 3 or 4 times that day.

WEDNESDAY upgraded my alcohol to Everclear (95%). Routine turned into this: peel off polish, wash with alcohol, apply hot steaming towel, then apply new polish. Wednesday night I slept through the night.

THURSDAY I peeled the polish off and only treated the three areas that still itched. Made it through work and no more treatments.

FRIDAY today I can still feel a few spots but they don’t really itch. No treatment!

Thanks!!!! And I sure hope this helps someone else. This is just like chiggers – maddening – but ten times as many bites at least! Ten times everything – crazy!

I thought it was important to try to kill the bugs in the skin so I kept using alcohol which really only gives a little relief. No proof that it helped, but hey I’m cured in three days!

]]> By: Trish http://www.mybugbites.com/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-282 Trish Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:13:24 +0000 http://www.eastvillagepodcasts.com/2006/06/13/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-282 I recently was at up north on a hot, humid day, standing by the river at night near a campfire and came home with hundreds of bites on my legs and feet and a few on my arms. I knew they could not be mosquito bites as I have never had mosquito bites like this. The itching is driving me around the bend and like others have said I seem to ge getting new bites every day. My right leg actually started going red and swelling and I now have an infection from all the scratching. I am on antibiotics and using Benadryl - infection better but itching still happening two weeks later. I am so relieved to know I am not the only one this is happening to - I thought I was losing my mind! I recently was at up north on a hot, humid day, standing by the river at night near a campfire and came home with hundreds of bites on my legs and feet and a few on my arms. I knew they could not be mosquito bites as I have never had mosquito bites like this. The itching is driving me around the bend and like others have said I seem to ge getting new bites every day. My right leg actually started going red and swelling and I now have an infection from all the scratching. I am on antibiotics and using Benadryl – infection better but itching still happening two weeks later. I am so relieved to know I am not the only one this is happening to – I thought I was losing my mind!

]]> By: Cecilia http://www.mybugbites.com/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-281 Cecilia Sat, 13 Aug 2011 17:17:13 +0000 http://www.eastvillagepodcasts.com/2006/06/13/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-281 I wish I had seen this website before I went to Key West, FL. There were noseeums at the vacation condos we were staying, but, as with most of the people on this website, I didn't see the worst of the insect bites till a week AFTER I left Florida. Left on a Sunday and it's now the following Saturday. The bites have multiplied on my legs and havE developed rashes on mybupper arms. So far I have tried: Zyrtec, generic loratadine pills ( both antihistamines), hydrocortisone, aloe Vera gel with lidocaine. Those relieved he itch a little but not much. Now I am downing generic Benadryl every 3-4 hours, a aveeno oatmeal bath nightly, aveeno anti itch lotion, and last night, I added a baking soda paste to the regimen.n while messy the baking soda does help with the itch but I can't walk out the door with all the dried white stuff on me so I will try the aveeno anti itch or the deodorant. I will also stock up on Avon skin so soft for any and all trips cuz this just SUCKS and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. If it does get worse I will have to go to the doctor and beg for mercy. I wish I had seen this website before I went to Key West, FL. There were noseeums at the vacation condos we were staying, but, as with most of the people on this website, I didn’t see the worst of the insect bites till a week AFTER I left Florida. Left on a Sunday and it’s now the following Saturday. The bites have multiplied on my legs and havE developed rashes on mybupper arms. So far I have tried: Zyrtec, generic loratadine pills ( both antihistamines), hydrocortisone, aloe Vera gel with lidocaine. Those relieved he itch a little but not much. Now I am downing generic Benadryl every 3-4 hours, a aveeno oatmeal bath nightly, aveeno anti itch lotion, and last night, I added a baking soda paste to the regimen.n while messy the baking soda does help with the itch but I can’t walk out the door with all the dried white stuff on me so I will try the aveeno anti itch or the deodorant. I will also stock up on Avon skin so soft for any and all trips cuz this just SUCKS and I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. If it does get worse I will have to go to the doctor and beg for mercy.

]]> By: Allie http://www.mybugbites.com/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-275 Allie Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:59:17 +0000 http://www.eastvillagepodcasts.com/2006/06/13/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-275 I got attacked by what I think is sand fleas while watching fireworks yesterday. New bites keep popping up, and I've been using apple cider vinegar. A natural remedy that works so well I only had to apply twice today, and afterwards for hours had no itching. Try it. I got attacked by what I think is sand fleas while watching fireworks yesterday. New bites keep popping up, and I’ve been using apple cider vinegar. A natural remedy that works so well I only had to apply twice today, and afterwards for hours had no itching. Try it.

]]> By: Marie http://www.mybugbites.com/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-272 Marie Thu, 23 Jun 2011 04:47:51 +0000 http://www.eastvillagepodcasts.com/2006/06/13/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-272 I just made an appointment to go and see an internist to see how to get rid of these no see um bites!!! I got them over 3 months ago when I visited Costa Rica. It seems that the bites never heal completely...even though some are not red anymore. On top of that, it seems as if they are coming up in places that i didn't think i had bites on before. weird! I think i'm going to try the vaseline and bandaid. Do you know if this will work for bites that seem to be healed (dark spots) but are still raised as if something is there underneath the skin? thanks so much!! I just made an appointment to go and see an internist to see how to get rid of these no see um bites!!! I got them over 3 months ago when I visited Costa Rica. It seems that the bites never heal completely…even though some are not red anymore. On top of that, it seems as if they are coming up in places that i didn’t think i had bites on before. weird! I think i’m going to try the vaseline and bandaid.

Do you know if this will work for bites that seem to be healed (dark spots) but are still raised as if something is there underneath the skin?

thanks so much!!

]]> By: Jeff http://www.mybugbites.com/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-270 Jeff Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:02:15 +0000 http://www.eastvillagepodcasts.com/2006/06/13/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-270 This will give everyone a chuckle I went to Hanlan's Point in Toronto ON Canada and was eaten alive by these nuisances what's so funny about this? Hanlans Point is a nude beach This will give everyone a chuckle I went to Hanlan’s Point in Toronto ON Canada and was eaten alive by these nuisances what’s so funny about this? Hanlans Point is a nude beach

]]> By: janet http://www.mybugbites.com/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-269 janet Thu, 16 Jun 2011 01:56:40 +0000 http://www.eastvillagepodcasts.com/2006/06/13/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-269 i live in arkansas and we don't normally have a sand flea problem where i live but this year i got bit from head to toe and my dogs did too, i had no idea what it was because they didn't have ticks or normal fleas, i couldn't see anything on them or me. i went to the doctor and he gave me the permethrin cream, it took 3 weeks and daily showers as hot as i could stand them and i still haven'y completely healed, i washed everything i could wash with hot water and soap bleach mix, i also mixed bleach and water in a bottle and sprayed my furniture and carpet, i bathed my dogs daily in antifungal antibacterial soap by vetscripts and put some frontline on them, used vetscript hydrocortisone spray and bitter cherry spray to keep them from chewing themselves up, we were doing so good until now a month later and here we go again, our local co-op says they have something to help so going down tomorrow for a permethrin powder to put in my dirt areas then i'll retreat dogs and house and hope this cures the problem. i live in arkansas and we don’t normally have a sand flea problem where i live but this year i got bit from head to toe and my dogs did too, i had no idea what it was because they didn’t have ticks or normal fleas, i couldn’t see anything on them or me. i went to the doctor and he gave me the permethrin cream, it took 3 weeks and daily showers as hot as i could stand them and i still haven’y completely healed, i washed everything i could wash with hot water and soap bleach mix, i also mixed bleach and water in a bottle and sprayed my furniture and carpet, i bathed my dogs daily in antifungal antibacterial soap by vetscripts and put some frontline on them, used vetscript hydrocortisone spray and bitter cherry spray to keep them from chewing themselves up, we were doing so good until now a month later and here we go again, our local co-op says they have something to help so going down tomorrow for a permethrin powder to put in my dirt areas then i’ll retreat dogs and house and hope this cures the problem.

]]> By: Steven http://www.mybugbites.com/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-267 Steven Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:39:55 +0000 http://www.eastvillagepodcasts.com/2006/06/13/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-267 You people apparently need to research what a sand flea really is because they live in saturated sand and they are also way to big to enter pores they range from 1/4" to almost 2" so unless you were sleeping on a beach front they weren't on your air matress and besides they can't climb they only travel backwards through sand. I'm sorry you were misdiagnosed by your doctor though. You people apparently need to research what a sand flea really is because they live in saturated sand and they are also way to big to enter pores they range from 1/4″ to almost 2″ so unless you were sleeping on a beach front they weren’t on your air matress and besides they can’t climb they only travel backwards through sand. I’m sorry you were misdiagnosed by your doctor though.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.mybugbites.com/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-266 Kevin Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:31:03 +0000 http://www.eastvillagepodcasts.com/2006/06/13/my-foot-and-sand-flea-bites/#comment-266 I live on the emerald isle beach in NC and I have had no problems maybe being a local keeps them away. I live on the emerald isle beach in NC and I have had no problems maybe being a local keeps them away.

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